The Great God Pan
The Great God Pan
Author Arthur Machen
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Horror novella
Publisher Creation Books
Publication date 1926
Media type print (hardback)
Pages 128
The Great God Pan is a novella written by Arthur Machen. The original
story was published in 1890, and Machen revised and extended it in
1894. On publication it was widely denounced by the press as
degenerate and horrific because of its decadent style and sexual
content, although it has since garnered a reputation as a classic of
horror. Machen’s story was only one of many at the time to focus on
Pan as a useful symbol for the power of nature and paganism.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Critical opinion
3 Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
4 Influence
5 References
6 External links
[edit] Plot summary
A woman in Wales has her mind destroyed by a scientist's attempt to
enable her to see the god of nature Pan. Years later, a young woman
named Helen Vaughan arrives on the London social scene, disturbing
many young men and causing some to commit suicide; it transpires that
she is the monstrous offspring of the god Pan and the woman in the
experiment.
[edit] Critical opinion
In "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (1926; revised 1933), H. P.
Lovecraft praised the novel, saying: "No one could begin to describe
the cumulative suspense and ultimate horror with which every paragraph
abounds"; he added that "the sensitive reader" reaches the end with
"an appreciative shudder." Lovecraft also noted, however, that
"melodrama is undeniably present, and coincidence is stretched to a
length which appears absurd upon analysis." The Encyclopedia of
Science Fiction (1993) notes "The story begins with an sf rationale
(brain surgery) which remains one of the most dramatically horrible
and misogynistic in fiction."
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
"The Great God" was brought to the stage in 2008 by WildClaw Theatre
Company in Chicago. It was adapted and directed by WildClaw Artistic
Director Charley Sherman.
[edit] Influence
The story's depiction of a monstrous half-human hybrid inspired the
main plotline of Lovecraft’s "The Dunwich Horror", which refers by
name to Machen’s story. According to Lovecraft scholar Robert M.
Price, "'The Dunwich Horror' is in every sense an homage to Machen and
even a pastiche. There is little in Lovecraft's wonderful story that
does not come directly out of Machen's fiction."[1] It also inspired
Peter Straub's Ghost Story.
The book was translated into French by Paul-Jean Toulet (Le grand dieu
Pan, Paris, 1901). It was a major influence on his first novel,
Monsieur du Paur, homme public.
Stephen King wrote in the endnotes for his story collection Just After
Sunset (2008) that his newly published novella N. was "strongly
influenced" by Machen's piece, which he noted, "surmounts its rather
clumsy prose and works its way relentlessly into the reader's
terror-zone. How many sleepless nights has it caused? God knows, but a
few of them were mine. I think "Pan" is as close as the horror genre
comes to a great white whale." In another interview he stated: "Not
Lovecraft; it’s a riff on Arthur Machen’s “The Great God Pan,” which
is one of the best horror stories ever written. Maybe the best in the
English language. Mine isn’t anywhere near that good, but I loved the
chance to put neurotic behavior—obsessive/compulsive disorder—together
with the idea of a monster-filled macroverse." [2]
[edit] References
^ Price, pp. ix-x.
^ "SELF-INTERVIEW By Stephen King 10:50am September 4th, 2008
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> As far as the horror story/movie genre, Michael Pan Jackson's greatest
> album was _Thriller_, in the video of which he transforms from a
> teenage boy dating a girl into a Wherewolf stalking her, thereby
> weaving in the classic myth of "The Beauty and the Beast". He
> features the voice of the classic horror film actor Vincent Price.
>
>
> Thriller (album)
>
>
>
> Thriller
>
> Studio album by Michael Jackson
> Released November 30, 1982
> Recorded April 14 - November 8, 1982
> Westlake Recording Studios
> (Los Angeles, California)
> Genre R&B, dance, dance-pop, pop/rock, funk[1]
> Length 42:19
> Label Epic
> EK-38112
> Producer Michael Jackson
> Quincy Jones
> Professional reviews
> Allmusic [1]
> Robert Christgau (A-)[2]
> Melody Maker (unfavorable) 1982[3]
> Q [4]
> Rolling Stone [5]
> Slant [6]
> Stylus (favorable)[7]
> The New York Times (favorable)[8]
>
> Michael Jackson chronology
> Off the Wall
> (1979) Thriller
> (1982) Bad
> (1987)
>
> Singles from Thriller
> "The Girl Is Mine"
> Released: October 18, 1982
> "Billie Jean"
> Released: January 3, 1983
> "Beat It"
> Released: February 14, 1983
> "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
> Released: May 8, 1983
> "Human Nature"
> Released: July 3, 1983
> "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
> Released: September 19, 1983
> "Thriller"
> Released: January 23, 1984
>
> 2001 Special Edition
>
> Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist
> Michael Jackson. The album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic
> Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially
> successful 1979 album Off the Wall. Thriller explores similar genres
> to those of Off the Wall, including funk, disco, soul, soft rock, R&B,
> and pop. Thriller's lyrics deal with themes including paranoia and the
> supernatural.
>
> With a production budget of $750,000, recording sessions took place
> between April and November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los
> Angeles, California.[9] Assisted by producer Quincy Jones, Jackson
> wrote four of Thriller's nine tracks. Following the release of the
> album's first single "The Girl Is Mine", some observers assumed
> Thriller would only be a minor hit record. With the release of the
> second single "Billie Jean", the album topped the charts in many
> countries. At its peak, the album was selling a million copies a week
> worldwide. In just over a year, Thriller became--and currently
> remains--the best-selling album of all time. Sales are estimated to be
> over 50 million copies sold worldwide. Seven of the album's nine songs
> were released as singles, and all reached the top 10 on the Billboard
> Hot 100. The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards at the
> 1984 Grammys.
>
> Thriller cemented Jackson's status as one of the predominant pop stars
> of the late 20th century, and enabled him to break down racial
> barriers via his appearances on MTV and meetings with President Ronald
> Reagan at the White House. The album was one of the first to use music
> videos as successful promotional tools--the videos for "Thriller",
> "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" all received regular rotation on MTV. In
> 2001, a special edition issue of the album was released, which
> contains additional audio interviews, a demo recording and the song
> "Someone In the Dark", which was a Grammy-winning track from the E.T.
> the Extra-Terrestrial storybook.[10] In 2008, the album was reissued
> again as Thriller 25, containing re-mixes that feature contemporary
> artists, a previously unreleased song and a DVD.
>
> Thriller ranked number 20 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest
> Albums of All Time list in 2003, and was listed by the National
> Association of Recording Merchandisers at number three in its
> Definitive 200 Albums of All Time. Thriller was preserved by the
> Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry, as it was
> deemed "culturally significant".
>
> Contents [hide]
> 1 Background
> 2 Recording
> 3 Music
> 4 Release and reception
> 5 Influence and legacy
> 5.1 Music industry
> 5.2 Music videos and racial equality
> 5.3 Contemporary appeal
> 6 Reissues and catalog sales
> 7 Track listing
> 8 Personnel
> 9 See also
> 10 References
> 11 Notes
>
>
>
> [edit] Background
> Jackson's previous album Off the Wall (1979) was a critical success
> and received generally favorable reviews.[11][12] It was also a
> commercial success, eventually selling over 20 million copies
> worldwide.[13]
>
> The years between Off the Wall and Thriller were a transitional period
> for the singer, a time of increasing independence and struggles with
> his family. In 1973, Jackson's father Joseph began a secret affair
> with a woman 20 years younger than he; the couple had a child in
> secret. In 1980, Joseph told his family of the affair and child.
> Michael, already angry with his father over his childhood abuse, felt
> so betrayed that he fell out with Joseph for many years.[14] The
> period saw the singer become deeply unhappy; Jackson explained, "Even
> at home, I'm lonely. I sit in my room sometimes and cry. It's so hard
> to make friends ... I sometimes walk around the neighborhood at night,
> just hoping to find someone to talk to. But I just end up coming
> home."[15] When Jackson turned 21 in August 1979, he fired Joseph as
> his manager and replaced him with John Branca.[16]
>
> Jackson confided in Branca that he wanted to be "the biggest star in
> show business" and "the wealthiest". The singer was upset about what
> he perceived to be the under-performance of Off the Wall, stating, "It
> was totally unfair that it didn't get Record of the Year and it can
> never happen again."[17] He also felt undervalued by the music
> industry; in 1980 when Jackson asked the publicist of Rolling Stone if
> they would be interested in doing a cover story on him, the publicist
> declined, to which Jackson responded, "I've been told over and over
> that black people on the cover of magazines doesn't sell copies ...
> Just wait. Someday those magazines are going to be begging me for an
> interview. Maybe I'll give them one. And maybe I won't."[17]
>
>
> [edit] Recording
> Jackson reunited with Off the Wall producer Quincy Jones to record his
> sixth studio album. The pair worked together on 300 songs, nine of
> which were eventually included.[18] Thriller was recorded between
> April and November 1982, with a production budget of $750,000. Several
> members of the band Toto were also involved in the album's recording
> and production.[18] Jackson wrote four songs for the record: "Wanna Be
> Startin' Somethin'", "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney), "Beat
> It" and "Billie Jean".[19] Unlike many artists, Jackson did not write
> these songs on paper. Instead, he would dictate into a sound recorder;
> when recording he would sing from memory.[20][21]
>
> The relationship between Jackson and Jones became strained during the
> album's recording. Jackson spent much of his time rehearsing dance
> steps alone.[21] When the album's nine songs were completed, both
> Jones and Jackson were unhappy with the result and remixed every song,
> spending a week on each.[21] Jones believed that "Billie Jean" was not
> strong enough to be included on the record, but Jackson disagreed and
> kept it. Jones told Jackson that Thriller would be unlikely to sell
> successfully like Off the Wall had, because the market had since
> weakened. In response, Jackson threatened to cancel the album's
> release.[18]
>
> Jackson was inspired to create an album where "every song was a
> killer," as with Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, and developed Thriller
> on that concept.[22][23] Jones and songwriter Rod Temperton gave
> detailed accounts of what occurred for the 2001 reissue of the album.
> Jones discussed "Billie Jean" and why it was so personal to Jackson,
> who struggled to deal with a number of obsessed fans. Jones wanted the
> long introduction on the song to be shortened; however, Jackson
> insisted that it remain because it made him want to dance.[19] The
> ongoing backlash against disco made it necessary to move in a
> different musical direction from the disco-heavy Off the Wall.[23]
> Jones and Jackson were determined to make a rock song that would
> appeal to all tastes and spent weeks looking for a suitable guitarist
> for the song "Beat It", a song Jackson wrote and played drums on.
> Eventually, they found Eddie Van Halen of the rock band Van
> Halen.[19][21]
>
> When Rod Temperton wrote the song "Thriller", he originally wanted to
> call it "Starlight" or "Midnight Man" but settled on "Thriller"
> because he felt the name had merchandising potential.[21] Always
> wanting a notable person to recite the closing lyrics, Temperton
> brought in actor Vincent Price, who completed his part in just two
> takes. Temperton wrote the spoken portion in a taxi on the way to the
> recording studio. Jones and Temperton said that some recordings were
> left off the final cut because they did not have the "edginess" of
> other album tracks.[19]
>
>
> [edit] Music
> "Thriller"
>
> Excerpt of the album's title track, and one of Jackson's signature
> pieces, "Thriller", released as a single in 1984. Jackson utilizes
> cinematic sound effects, horror film motifs and vocal trickery to
> convey a sense of danger in his work.[24]
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Human Nature"
>
> "Human Nature", a top ten hit single in the US. It is the most notable
> ballad on the album, praised for its moody, introspective lyrics and
> sound.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Billie Jean"
>
> "Billie Jean", a number one hit single in many countries. The song was
> written and co-produced by Jackson. The track mixed uptempo funk and
> disco with the somber themes of paranoia and obsession.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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> According to Steve Huey of Allmusic, Thriller refined the strengths of
> Jackson's previous album Off the Wall; the dance and rock tracks were
> more aggressive, while the pop tunes and ballads were softer and more
> soulful.[25] Notable tracks include the ballads "The Lady in My Life",
> "Human Nature", and "The Girl Is Mine"; the funk pieces "Billie Jean"
> and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"; and the disco set "Baby Be Mine"
> and "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)".[1][5][6][25] "Wanna Be Startin'
> Somethin'" was written a few years prior to 1982 and has a similar
> sound to the material on Off The Wall. The song is accompanied by a
> bass and percussion background and the song's centerpiece, a climaxing
> Swahili chant, gave the song an international flavor.[26] "The Girl Is
> Mine" tells of two friends' fight over a woman, arguing over who loves
> her more and concludes with a spoken rap.[21][26]
>
> Despite the light pop flavor of these two records, Thriller, more so
> than Off the Wall, displayed foreshadowings of the contradictory
> thematic elements that would come to characterize Jackson's later
> work.[27] With Thriller, Jackson would begin his association with the
> subliminal theme of paranoia and darker imagery.[5] This is evident on
> the songs "Billie Jean", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and
> "Thriller".[1] In "Billie Jean", Jackson sings about an obsessive fan
> who alleges he has fathered a child of hers; in "Wanna Be Startin'
> Somethin'" he argues against gossips and the media.[5][25] In the
> former song, Jones had Jackson sing vocal overdubs through a
> six-foot-long cardboard tube, and brought in jazz saxophonist Tom
> Scott to play a rare instrument, the lyricon, a wind-controlled analog
> synthesizer. Bassist Louis Johnson ran through his part on a Yamaha
> bass guitar. The song opens with a long bass-and-drums
> introduction.[28] In the song "Thriller", sound effects such as
> creaking door, thunder, feet walking on wooden planks, winds and
> howling dogs can be heard.[21]
>
> The anti-gang-violence "Beat It" became a homage to West Side Story,
> and was Jackson's first successful rock cross-over piece.[25][29]
> Jackson later said of "Beat It", "the point is no one has to be the
> tough guy, you can walk away from a fight and still be a man. You
> don't have to die to prove you're a man".[26] "Human Nature" is moody
> and introspective, as conveyed in lyrics such as, "Looking out, across
> the morning, the City's heart begins to beat, reaching out, I touch
> her shoulder, I'm dreaming of the street".[26]
>
> By the late 1970s, Jackson's abilities as a vocalist were well
> regarded; Allmusic described him as a "blindingly gifted
> vocalist".[11] Rolling Stone compared his vocals to the "breathless,
> dreamy stutter" of Stevie Wonder. Their analysis was also that
> "Jackson's feathery-timbred tenor is extraordinary beautiful. It
> slides smoothly into a startling falsetto that's used very
> daringly".[12] With the release of Thriller, Jackson could sing
> low--down to a basso low C--but he preferred to sing higher because pop
> tenors have more range to create style.[30] Rolling Stone were of the
> opinion that Jackson was now singing in a "fully adult voice" that was
> "tinged by sadness".[5] "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", credited to
> James Ingram and Quincy Jones, and "Lady in My Life" by Rod Temperton,
> both gave the album a stronger R&B direction; the latter song was
> described as "the closest Jackson has come to crooning a sexy, soulful
> ballad after his Motown years" by Taraborrelli.[26] The singer had
> already adopted a "vocal hiccup" which he continued to implement in
> Thriller. The purpose of the hiccup--somewhat like a gulping for air or
> gasping--is to help promote a certain emotion; be it excitement,
> sadness or fear.[31]
>
>
> [edit] Release and reception
> Thriller was released on November 30, 1982, and sold one million
> copies worldwide per week at its peak.[30] Seven singles were released
> from the album, including "The Girl Is Mine"--which was seen as a poor
> choice for the lead release and led some to believe that the album
> would be a disappointment, and to suggestions that Jackson was bowing
> to a white audience.[26] "The Girl Is Mine" was followed by the hit
> single "Billie Jean", which made Thriller a chart-topper.[32][33]
> Success continued with the single "Beat It", which featured guitarists
> Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather.[34] The title track "Thriller" was
> released as a single and also became a hit internationally.[26]
>
> Thriller was mostly well received by critics. A four-star Rolling
> Stone review by Christopher Connelly described it as "a zesty LP" with
> a "harrowing, dark message". Despite the positive response, the title
> track came under strong criticism. Rolling Stone expressed a negative
> sentiment, criticizing its "degenerat[ion] into silly camp". The
> magazine expressed confusion at the use of Vincent Price over Count
> Floyd for the track's concluding rap.[5] The New York Times gave a
> positive review of the album, and dedicated a large amount of its
> coverage to the song "Human Nature". They described it as the most
> "striking" song on the record, and wrote, "this is a haunting,
> brooding ballad by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis with an irresistible
> chorus and it should be an enormous hit". Concluding their review The
> New York Times added; "there are other hits here, too, lots of them.
> Best of all, with a pervasive confidence infusing the album as a
> whole, Thriller suggests that Mr. Jackson's evolution as an artist is
> far from finished".[8]
>
> Robert Christgau published a positive (A-) graded overview of the
> album a few days before its release. He acknowledged that there were
> "fillers" on the record but still labeled it "almost classic". He
> expressed the opinion that "Beat It" was the album's best track,
> calling it "the triumph and the thriller", but criticized "The Girl Is
> Mine" as "Michael's worst idea since 'Ben'". He was of the opinion
> that the collaboration did not work well, but still praised it for
> "getting interracial love on the radio".[2] A year after the album's
> release, Time summed up the three main singles from the album, saying,
> "The pulse of America and much of the rest of the world moves
> irregularly, beating in time to the tough strut of "Billie Jean", the
> asphalt aria of "Beat It", the supremely cool chills of
> "Thriller".[30] Conversely, in a Melody Maker review, Paolo Hewitt
> stated "[t]his is not a good LP"; in his opinion there were only "two
> songs worthy of mention". "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" was praised as
> an "exciting", "uptempo electro-funk song", as was "Billie Jean".
> Hewitt's stance was that as a whole, the album could only be described
> as "bland", particularly the closing tracks. He summed up: "Jackson
> seems to have lost his talent for turning gross into gold".[3]
>
> The album won Jackson a record-breaking seven Grammy Awards in 1984,
> including Album of the Year. The eighth Grammy went to Bruce
> Swedien.[35][36] That same year, Jackson won eight American Music
> Awards, the Special Award of Merit and three MTV Video Music
> Awards.[37] Thriller was recognized as the world's best-selling album
> on February 7, 1984, when it was inducted into the Guinness Book of
> World Records.[38] It is one of only three albums to remain in the top
> ten of the Billboard 200 for a full year, and spent 37 weeks at number
> one out of the 80 consecutive weeks it was in the top ten. The album
> was also the first of three to have seven Billboard Hot 100 top ten
> singles, and was the only album to be the best-seller of two years
> (1983-1984) in the US.[39][40]
>
> On March 6, 2009 Thriller was certified 28x Platinum by the Recording
> Industry Association of America, for shipments of at least 28 million
> copies in the US giving it Double Diamond Award status there.[41][42]
> The album topped the charts in many countries, sold 3.7 million copies
> in the UK,[42][43] 2.5 million in Japan[44] and went 14x Platinum in
> Australia.[45] Still popular today, Thriller sells an estimated
> 130,000 copies in the US per year; it reached number two in the US
> Catalog charts in February 2003 and number 39 in the UK in March
> 2007.[37] The album is cited as having sold between 47 and 109 million
> copies worldwide; the Guinness Book of World Records lists Thriller as
> having sold 65 million copies as of 2007.[46][47][48][49][50]
>
>
> [edit] Influence and legacy
>
> [edit] Music industry
> Blender described Jackson as the "late twentieth century pre-eminent
> pop icon", while The New York Times gave the opinion that he was a
> "musical phenomenon", and that "in the world of pop music, there is
> Michael Jackson and there is everybody else".[28][51] Jackson changed
> the way the industry functioned: both as an artistic persona, and as a
> financial, profitable entity. His attorney John Branca observed that
> Jackson achieved the highest royalty rate in the music industry to
> that point: approximately $2 for each album sold. As a result, Jackson
> earned record-breaking profits from compact disc sales, and from the
> sale of copies of the documentary, The Making of Michael Jackson's
> Thriller, produced by Jackson and John Landis. Funded by MTV, the film
> sold over 350,000 copies in its first few months. In a market then
> driven by singles, Thriller raised the significance of albums, yet its
> multiple hit singles changed perceived notions as to the number of
> successful singles that could be taken from an individual album.[52]
> The era saw the arrival of novelties like the Michael Jackson doll,
> that appeared in stores in May 1984 at a price of $12.[30] Thriller
> retains a position in American culture; biographer J. Randy
> Taraborrelli explains, "At some point, Thriller stopped selling like a
> leisure item--like a magazine, a toy, tickets to a hit movie--and
> started selling like a household staple".[53]
>
> At the time of the album's release, a press statement from Gil
> Friesen, the then President of A&M Records, read that, "The whole
> industry has a stake in this success".[30] Time magazine speculated
> that "the fallout from Thriller has given the [music] business its
> best years since the heady days of 1978, when it had an estimated
> total domestic revenue of $4.1 billion".[30] Time summed up Thriller's
> impact as a "restoration of confidence" for an industry bordering on
> "the ruins of punk and the chic regions of synthesizer pop". The
> publication described Jackson's influence at that point as, "Star of
> records, radio, rock video. A one-man rescue team for the music
> business. A songwriter who sets the beat for a decade. A dancer with
> the fanciest feet on the street. A singer who cuts across all
> boundaries of taste and style and color too".[30]
>
>
> [edit] Music videos and racial equality
> Before the success of Thriller, many felt Jackson had struggled to get
> MTV airing because he was black.[28] In an effort to attain air time
> for Jackson, CBS Records President Walter Yetnikoff pressured MTV and
> declared, "I'm not going to give you any more videos and I'm going to
> go public and fucking tell them about the fact you don't want to play
> music by a black guy".[28] His position persuaded MTV to begin airing
> "Billie Jean" and later "Beat It", which led to a long partnership and
> later helped other black music artists to gain mainstream
> recognition.[54] MTV deny claims of racism in their broadcasting.[55]
> The popularity of his videos, such as "Beat It" and "Billie Jean",
> helped to place the young channel "on the map", and MTV's focus
> shifted in favor of pop and R&B.[54][56]
>
>
> Jackson in the revolutionary Thriller videoJackson transformed the
> medium of music video into an art form and promotional tool through
> the use of complex story lines, dance routines, special effects and
> cameo appearances by well known personalities.[25] When the
> 14-minute-long Thriller video aired, MTV ran it twice an hour to meet
> demand.[57] The short film marked an increase in scale for music
> videos and has been routinely named the best music video ever.[52] The
> popularity of the video sent the album back to number one in the album
> chart, but Jackson's label did not support the release of the third
> music video from the album. They were already pleased with its
> success, so Jackson convinced MTV to fund the project.[21][57] Author,
> music critic and journalist Nelson George wrote in 2004, "It's
> difficult to hear the songs from Thriller and disengage them from the
> videos. For most of us the images define the songs. In fact it could
> be argued that Michael is the first artist of the MTV age to have an
> entire album so intimately connected in the public imagination with
> its imagery".[24] Short films like Thriller largely remained unique to
> Jackson, while the group dance sequence in "Beat It" has been
> frequently imitated.[19] The choreography in Thriller has become a
> part of global pop culture, replicated everywhere from Bollywood to
> prisons in the Philippines.[58][59]
>
> For a black artist in the 1980s to that point, Jackson's success was
> unprecedented. According to The Washington Post, Thriller paved the
> way for other African-American artists such as Prince.[60] "The Girl
> Is Mine" was credited for getting interracial love on the radio.[61]
> Time noted, "Jackson is the biggest thing since The Beatles. He is the
> hottest single phenomenon since Elvis Presley. He just may be the most
> popular black singer ever".[30]
>
>
> [edit] Contemporary appeal
>
> A Michael Jackson celebrity impersonator for the 25th anniversary of
> the album Thriller at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival with performers
> from Step It Up and Dance.Today, the album is still viewed in a
> positive light by critics some two decades later. Stephen Thomas
> Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album the maximum five stars, and wrote
> that the record had something to interest everyone. He believed it
> showcased harder funk and hard rock while remaining "undeniably fun".
> He went on to compliment "Billie Jean" and "Wanna Be Startin'
> Somethin'" and said, "The record's two best songs: 'Billie Jean,
> ...and the delirious 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'', the freshest funk
> on the album [but] the most claustrophobic, scariest track Jackson
> ever recorded." Erlewine gave the opinion that it was an improvement
> on the artist's previous album, although Allmusic was critical of the
> title track, describing it as "ridiculous" and as having the effect of
> "arriving in the middle of the record and sucking out its
> momentum".[1] Slant Magazine gave the album five stars and, like the
> Allmusic review and the original Rolling Stone review, paid compliment
> to the lyrics of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'".[6]
>
> The author Nelson George wrote that Jackson "has educated R. Kelly,
> Usher, Justin Timberlake and countless others with Thriller as a
> textbook".[62] As a sign of the album's longevity, in 2003 Thriller
> was ranked at number 20 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of
> All Time list, and was listed by the National Association of Recording
> Merchandisers at number three of the Definitive 200 Albums of All
> Time.[63][64] In 2008, 25 years after its release, the record was
> inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and, a few weeks later, was
> among 25 recordings preserved by the Library of Congress to the
> National Recording Registry as "culturally significant".[65][66] In
> 2009, music critics for MTV Base and VH1 both listed Thriller as the
> best album released since 1981.[67] Thriller, along with other critic
> favorites were then polled by the public. 40,000 people found Thriller
> to be the Best Album of all time by MTV Generation, gaining a third of
> all votes.[67][68]
>
>
> [edit] Reissues and catalog sales
> Thriller was reissued in 2001 in an expanded set titled Thriller:
> Special Edition. The original tracks were remastered, and the album
> included a new booklet and bonus material, including the songs
> "Someone In the Dark", "Carousel", and Jackson's original "Billie
> Jean" demo, as well as audio interviews with Jones and Temperton
> discussing the recording of the album.[19][69] Sony also hired sound
> engineer and mixer Mick Guzauski [70][71] to work with Jackson on
> creating 5.1-channel surround sound mixes of Thriller, as well as all
> his other albums, for release on the then-new Super Audio CD format.
> Despite numerous retries, the artist never approved any of the
> mixes.[72] Consequently, Thriller was issued on SACD with the stereo
> mix only.
>
> In February 2008, Epic Records released Thriller 25; Jackson served as
> executive producer.[42] Thriller 25 appeared on CD, USB and vinyl with
> seven bonus tracks, a new song called "For All Time", Vincent Price's
> voice-over, and five re-mixes featuring American artists Fergie,
> will.i.am, Kanye West, and Akon.[42][73][74] It also included a DVD
> featuring three music videos, the Motown 25 "Billie Jean" performance,
> and a booklet with a message from Jackson.[42] The ballad "For All
> Time" supposedly dates from 1982, but is often credited as being from
> Dangerous sessions.[75] Two singles were released from the reissue:
> "The Girl Is Mine 2008" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008".
>
> Thriller 25 was a commercial success and did particularly well as a
> reissue. It peaked at number one in eight countries and Europe. It
> peaked at number two in the US, number three in the UK and reached the
> top 10 in over 30 national charts. It was certified Gold in 11
> countries including the UK, received a 2x Gold certification in France
> and received platinum certification in Poland.[76][77][78] In the
> United States, Thriller 25 was the second best-selling album of its
> release week, selling one hundred and sixty six thousand copies, just
> fourteen thousand short of reaching the number one position. It was
> ineligible for the Billboard 200 chart as a re-release but entered the
> Pop Catalog Charts at number one (where it stayed for ten
> non-consecutive weeks),[79] with the best sales on that chart since
> December, 1996.[80][81][82] With the arrival of Halloween that
> November, Thriller 25 spent an eleventh non-consecutive week atop the
> US catalog chart. This brought US sales of the album to 688,000
> copies, making it the best selling catalog album of 2008.[83] This was
> Jackson's best launch since Invincible in 2001, selling three million
> copies worldwide in 12 weeks.[84]
>
> After Jackson's death in June 2009, Thriller set additional records.
> It sold more than 100,000 copies, placing it at number two on the Top
> Pop Catalog Albums chart. Songs from Thriller also helped Jackson
> become the first artist to sell more than one million song downloads
> in a week.[85]
>
>
> [edit] Track listing
> All songs written and composed by Michael Jackson, except where noted.
>
> # Title Length
> 1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" 6:02
> 2. "Baby Be Mine" (Rod Temperton) 4:20
> 3. "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney) 3:42
> 4. "Thriller" (Temperton) 5:57
> 5. "Beat It" 4:17
> 6. "Billie Jean" 4:54
> 7. "Human Nature" (John Bettis, Steve Porcaro) 4:05
> 8. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (James Ingram, Quincy Jones) 3:58
> 9. "The Lady in My Life" (Temperton) 4:59
>
> 2001 Special Edition
> # Title Length
> 10. "Interview with Quincy Jones #1" 2:18
> 11. "Someone in the Dark (previously unreleased)"
> (Bergman/Bergman/Temperton) 4:48
> 12. "Interview with Quincy Jones #2" 2:04
> 13. "Billie Jean (Demo) (previously unavailable)" (Jackson) 2:20
> 14. "Interview with Quincy Jones #3" 3:10
> 15. "Interview with Rod Temperton #1" 4:02
> 16. "Interview with Quincy Jones #4" 1:32
> 17. "Voice-Over Session from "Thriller" (previously unreleased)"
> (Temperton) 2:52
> 18. "Interview with Rod Temperton #2" 1:56
> 19. "Interview with Quincy Jones #5" 2:01
> 20. "Carousel (previously unreleased)" (Sembello/D. Freeman) 1:49
> 21. "Interview with Quincy Jones #6" 1:17
>
>
> [edit] Personnel
> Brian Barns - keyboards, synthesizers, programming
> Michael Boddicker - keyboards, synthesizers
> N'dugu Chancler - drums
> Paulinho da Costa - percussion
> David Foster - keyboards, synthesizers
> Gary Grant - trumpet and flügelhorn
> Eddie Van Halen - guitar ("Beat It")
> Jerry Hey - trumpet and flügelhorn
> Michael Jackson - co-producer, lead and backup vocals, drums
> Paul Jackson - guitar
> Louis Johnson - bass guitar
> Quincy Jones - producer
> Steve Lukather - guitar, bass guitar
> Anthony Marinelli - synthesizer programming
> Paul McCartney - vocals ("The Girl Is Mine")
> David Paich - keyboards, synthesizers, programming
> Dean Parks - guitar
> Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, synthesizers, programming
> Jeff Porcaro - drums, horn and string arrangements
> Steve Porcaro - keyboards, synthesizers, programming
> Vincent Price - voice-over ("Thriller")
> Bill Reichenbach - trombone
> Bruce Swedien - recording engineer, mixer
> Rod Temperton - keyboards, synthesizers
> David Williams - guitar
> Larry Williams - saxophone and flute
> Bill Wolfer - keyboards, synthesizers
>
>
>
> [edit] See also
> List of best-selling albums worldwide
> List of best-selling albums in the United States
>
> [edit] References
> George, Nelson (2004). Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection
> booklet. Sony BMG.
> Taraborrelli, J. Randy (2004). The Magic and the Madness. Terra Alta,
> WV: Headline. ISBN 0-330-42005-4.
>
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> ^ Taraborrelli, p. 206
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> Preceded by
> Business as Usual by Men at Work
> Flashdance by Various artists
> Synchronicity by The Police
> Can't Slow Down by Lionel Richie Billboard 200 number-one album
> February 26 - June 24, 1983
> July 9-22, 1983
> September 10-16, 1983
> December 24, 1983 - April 20, 1984 Succeeded by
> Flashdance by Various artists
> Synchronicity by The Police
> Synchronicity by The Police
> Footloose by Various artists
> Preceded by
> "Lies" / "Beach Culture" by Thompson Twins Billboard Hot Dance Club
> Play number-one single (all cuts)
> January 22 - April 2, 1983 Succeeded by
> "Jeopardy" by Greg Kihn Band
> Preceded by
> Business as Usual by Men at Work
> War by U2
> True by Spandau Ballet
> Now That's What I Call Music - Various Artists UK Albums Chart number one
> album
> March 5-11, 1983
> March 19-25, 1983
> May 21, 1983 - June 24, 1983
> January 28, 1984 - February 3, 1984 Succeeded by
> War by U2
> The Hurting by Tears for Fears
> Synchronicity by The Police
> Touch by Eurythmics
> Preceded by
> 1983 The Hot Ones by Various artists
> The Number Ones by The Beatles
> Thru the Roof '83 by Various artists
> 1984 Shakin' by Various artists Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
> June 13-19, 1983
> June 27 - July 10, 1983
> January 23 - March 4, 1984
> March 19 - April 1, 1984 Succeeded by
> The Number Ones by The Beatles
> Synchronicity by The Police
> 1984 Shakin' by Various artists
> The Swing by INXS
>
>
>
>
> [show]v * d * eMichael Jackson
>
> Main articles Health and appearance · Neverland · 1993 accusations of
> child sexual abuse · Living with Michael Jackson · People v. Jackson ·
> Death · Memorial service
>
> Studio albums Got to Be There · Ben · Music & Me · Forever, Michael ·
> Off the Wall · Thriller · Bad · Dangerous · HIStory · Invincible
>
> Compilations The Best of Michael Jackson · Anthology · Number Ones ·
> The Ultimate Collection · The Essential Michael Jackson · Visionary:
> The Video Singles · King of Pop
>
> Other releases One Day in Your Life · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ·
> Farewell My Summer Love · Looking Back to Yesterday · Blood on the
> Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix · Thriller 25 · Michael Jackson: The
> Stripped Mixes · Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection
>
> Concert tours Victory Tour · Bad World Tour · Dangerous World Tour ·
> HIStory World Tour · This Is It
>
> Videography The Wiz · Thriller · Captain EO · Moonwalker · "Stark
> Raving Dad" · Ghosts · Miss Cast Away · Dome Project
>
> Video releases Dangerous - The Short Films · Video Greatest Hits -
> HIStory · HIStory on Film, Volume II · Number Ones · The One · Live in
> Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour
>
> Assets Northern Songs · Sony/ATV Music Publishing
>
> Influence on society Moonwalk · Heal the World Foundation · Thrill the
> World · Thriller (viral video) · Michael Jackson tribute concert
>
> Related articles Jackson family · The Jackson 5 · Singles discography
> · Awards · Records and achievements · Moon Walk · Bubbles · Michael
> Jackson's Moonwalker · Lisa Marie Presley · Debbie Rowe
>
> [show]v * d * eQuincy Jones
>
> Albums The Birth Of A Band, Vol. 1 · The Quintessence · The Great Wide
> World Of Quincy Jones: Live! · Big Band Bossa Nova · In The Heat of
> The Night · Walking In Space · Gula Matari · Smackwater Jack · You've
> Got It Bad, Girl · Body Heat · Mellow Madness · I Heard That!! · Roots
> · Sounds...And Stuff Like That!! · The Dude · Back on the Block ·
> Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux · Q's Jook Joint · Basie And Beyond ·
> The Original Jam Sessions 1969
>
> Compilations Ndeda · The Best · From Q With Love · Q: The Musical
> Biography Of Quincy Jones
>
> Singles "Soul Bossa Nova"
>
> Other Thriller · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial · Discography · Category · Tamia
>
> [show]v * d * eGrammy Award for Album of the Year
>
> 1959
> 1960s The Music from Peter Gunn · Come Dance with Me! · The
> Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart · Judy at Carnegie Hall · The First
> Family · The Barbra Streisand Album · Getz/Gilberto · September of My
> Years · Sinatra: A Man and His Music · Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts
> Club Band · By the Time I Get to Phoenix
>
>
> 1970s Blood, Sweat & Tears · Bridge Over Troubled Water · Tapestry ·
> The Concert For Bangla Desh · Innervisions · Fulfillingness' First
> Finale · Still Crazy After All These Years · Songs in the Key of Life
> · Rumours · Saturday Night Fever
>
>
> 1980s 52nd Street · Christopher Cross · Double Fantasy · Toto IV ·
> Thriller · Can't Slow Down · No Jacket Required · Graceland · The
> Joshua Tree · Faith
>
>
> 1990s Back on the Block · Unforgettable... with Love · Unplugged · The
> Bodyguard · MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett · Jagged Little Pill · Falling
> into You · Time Out of Mind · The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
>
>
> 2000s Supernatural · Two Against Nature · O Brother, Where Art Thou? ·
> Come Away with Me · Speakerboxxx/The Love Below · Genius Loves Company
> · How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb · Taking the Long Way · River: The
> Joni Letters · Raising Sand
>
>
> Complete List · Winners (1959-1970) · Winners (1971-1990) · Winners
> (1991-2010)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Stephen King wrote in the endnotes for his story collection Just After
> Sunset (2008) that his newly published novella N. was "strongly
> influenced" by Machen's piece, which he noted, "surmounts its rather
> clumsy prose and works its way relentlessly into the reader's
> terror-zone. How many sleepless nights has it caused? God knows, but a
> few of them were mine. I think "Pan" is as close as the horror genre
> comes to a great white whale." In another interview he stated: "Not
> Lovecraft; it's a riff on Arthur Machen's "The Great God Pan," which
> is one of the best horror stories ever written. Maybe the best in the
> English language. Mine isn't anywhere near that good, but I loved the
> chance to put neurotic behavior--obsessive/compulsive disorder--together
> with the idea of a monster-filled macroverse." [2]
>
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